Museum of Ice Cream announces extension, more tickets

If you've been trying to score a ticket to the Museum of Ice Cream, mark your calendar.

A new batch of tickets is going on sale Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 11 a.m., as the exhibit announces it's extending its stay in San Francisco through Feb. 26.

If you haven't heard of museum, you've probably seen the pictures show up in your social media feeds. The exhibit is less of an educational museum and more of an Instagram backdrop, with its bubblegum-pink walls, oversized gummy bears and massive sprinkle pool - with a few facts about ice cream thrown in.

Tickets to the Museum of Ice Cream have been hard to get since it arrived in town in September (one batch sold out in just 18 minutes). They're $38 each.

Michelle Wong is buried in sprinkles by her friends in the Sprinkle Pool at the Museum of Ice Cream in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, September 17, 2017. The pop-up exhibit opened to the public on Sunday.

Michelle Wong is buried in sprinkles by her friends in the Sprinkle Pool at the Museum of Ice Cream in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, September 17, 2017. The pop-up exhibit opened to the public on Sunday.

Photo: Laura Morton, Special To The Chronicle

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Michelle Wong is buried in sprinkles by her friends in the Sprinkle Pool at the Museum of Ice Cream in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, September 17, 2017. The pop-up exhibit opened to the public on Sunday.

Michelle Wong is buried in sprinkles by her friends in the Sprinkle Pool at the Museum of Ice Cream in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, September 17, 2017. The pop-up exhibit opened to the public on Sunday.

Still, the exhibit is popular with ice cream lovers, Millennial social butterflies, children, and others in need of a new Facebook profile picture.

The exhibit started in Los Angeles before coming to San Francisco. It added a Miami location in December.

"Extending our SF location is not only driven by the overwhelming and increasing demand, but the incredible team of over 120 people who call MOIC home here in the bay," said the museum's founder and creative director Maryellis Bunn. "With the continuing demand for our SF location from visitors from all over the world, we know that MOIC is a much needed and desired escape."

To buy tickets when the new batch is released, go to the Museum of Ice Cream's website.